Yesterday (15/2/14) on the reserve

A lovely day on the reserve yesterday and lots of families came from lunchtime onwards. Main sightings and counts:-

WET MEADOW
2 Snipe
2 Little Egret

DRAPER
3 Stock Dove
1 Curlew (just flew past but didn't land)
2 Oystercatcher

L3
3 Little Grebe
7 Gadwall
6 Pochard

L2 (Tern Hide)
50+ Black-headed Gulls
2 Little Grebe

L1 (Gadwall Hide)
57 Gadwall
29 Shoveler
2 Shelduck
10 Snipe
1 Redshank
c30 Lapwing
3 Common Gulls
1 Lesser black-backed Gull
1 Green Sandpiper

KINGFISHER
Both male and female Kingfishers were about frequently and going in and out of the next hole. The children who were able to see them, particularly through my telescope, were thrilled; for most it was the first time that they had seen one.